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Yahoo
13-07-2025
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Global festival celebrates 'diversity of cultures'
There is a lot to learn from a "diversity of cultures" on the Isle of Man, organisers of a festival celebrating the increasingly varied population have said. The One World Centre's (OWC) global village is an annual event where several different nationalities are represented through food, clothes, and music. The charity hosts a series of events around the island each year, and one of their biggest is the global village, coinciding with the island's national day. Stephanie Gray, from the OWC, said the village was "so important" because it introduced people to "different cultures". On Monday, as many celebrated Tynwald Day, the OWC shone a light on the island's multiculturalism. While Tynwald Day, which dates back more than 1,000 years, was an occasion steeped in tradition, it also gave people "an opportunity to experience other cultures", she said. It also provided a space to "share and bring the best of each others' cultures to that living experience" for everyone on the island. There were several international food stalls in the area, alongside crafts, clothes, and live world music is performed throughout the day. The various food offerings included Thai and Indian to and Ukrainian, as well as local Manx offerings. The global village takes its place below Tynwald Hill each year in the arboretum. Ms Gray said this year the focus was on the United Nations' "sustainable development goal 14", which was "all about protecting the marine environment". The OWC was urging island residents to think of their favourite beach, either locally or somewhere further afield, and how it made them feel. There were a number of significant harms threatening coastlines, Ms Gray explained, including "sea level rise, climate change, pollution, or chemicals". She encouraged people to think about "what can we actually do to make a difference" Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X. Tynwald ceremony 'a chance to be Manx for a day' Tynwald Day's display of pageantry in full view Archbishop praises 'living tradition' of Tynwald One World Centre
BBC News
13-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Tynwald Day's global festival celebrates 'diversity of cultures'
There is a lot to learn from a "diversity of cultures" on the Isle of Man, organisers of a festival celebrating the increasingly varied population have said. The One World Centre's (OWC) global village is an annual event where several different nationalities are represented through food, clothes, and music. The charity hosts a series of events around the island each year, and one of their biggest is the global village, coinciding with the island's national Gray, from the OWC, said the village was "so important" because it introduced people to "different cultures". On Monday, as many celebrated Tynwald Day, the OWC shone a light on the island's multiculturalism. While Tynwald Day, which dates back more than 1,000 years, was an occasion steeped in tradition, it also gave people "an opportunity to experience other cultures", she also provided a space to "share and bring the best of each others' cultures to that living experience" for everyone on the island. There were several international food stalls in the area, alongside crafts, clothes, and live world music is performed throughout the day. The various food offerings included Thai and Indian to and Ukrainian, as well as local Manx global village takes its place below Tynwald Hill each year in the arboretum. Ms Gray said this year the focus was on the United Nations' "sustainable development goal 14", which was "all about protecting the marine environment".The OWC was urging island residents to think of their favourite beach, either locally or somewhere further afield, and how it made them feel. There were a number of significant harms threatening coastlines, Ms Gray explained, including "sea level rise, climate change, pollution, or chemicals". She encouraged people to think about "what can we actually do to make a difference" Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
07-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Tynwald petition calls for review of 20mph speed limit rollout
A pause in the rollout of lower speed limits in some residential areas to allow for a review of the scheme is among the petitions handed over at this year's Tynwald Day 20mph (32km/h) zones have already been put in place in Port St Mary, with Douglas and Onchan next in line for the his petition during the proceedings in St John's, Chris Pay said he believed the project's £400,000 budget "could be better spent on many other island projects".Other petitions included calls for a dementia village, a law change to allow Manx language films to be put forward for an Oscar, and greater education on breathing techniques for children. As part of the the annual open-air sitting of the parliament, members of the community can hand over of petitions for redress of is an opportunity for residents to highlight an issue that members of Tynwald could "pick up" and put forward for debate. Mr Pay said he felt the "blanket implementation" of 20mph limits in his home town of Port St Mary had been "completely inappropriate" and he had been "horrified" at the plans for Onchan and said while he could not stop the rollout, which was again backed by Tynwald in May, his petition asked for an "independent assessment" to consider the "significant impacts on business, commuters and essential services".In June, the House of Keys voted down a bid to suspend the rollout of the scheme altogether. There was also a call for the government to build a dementia village by Millie Blenkinsop-French, an idea that was previously thrown out by the a feasibility study in 2018, the then Health and Social Care minister David Ashford said it would not be "affordable or sustainable".Calling for the move to be reconsidered, Ms Blenkinsop-French said villages opened in the UK meant residents could live in a "safe community continuing many of their normal daily activities prior to moving in, like walking to the shops"."In 2025 there is a definite need for something like this. I have three friends living with dementia and most people you talk to now know someone who is living with the condition."According to the Alzheimer's Society, there are around 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. George Hargreaves from the Isle of Man International Film Festival presented a petition for the body to become the "requisite organisation" to submit movies featuring the Manx language for consideration for an Academy said: "We've got the talent, got the language, we just need Tynwald's support to get that glory for the Isle of Man and give filmmakers a shot at the biggest prize in movies."He said he had the support of backers who were keen to consider "Manx versions" of English movies, if the petition were to lead to the change. Michael Quine from Castletown called for politicians to consider introducing education on breathing techniques into nurseries and said he was living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and had realised that "quite a lot of people at a young age are falling into unhealthy breathing habits"."I've noticed an improvement in my health by making changes and I think the earlier people can learn the better," he petitions included calls for mandatory training for educational staff working with neurodivergent children, and the introduction of an independent police complaints body.A bid for greater transparency surrounding the accounts of the Manx Development Company, which was formed to develop government-owned brownfield sites, was also handed documents will now be assessed by the Clerk of Tynwald and if deemed to be in order will be available for politicians take up and progress. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
07-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Archbishop praises 'living tradition' of Tynwald Day ceremony
The Archbishop of York has said he is "honoured" to be taking part in the "living traditions" of the Tynwald Day Reverend Stephen Cottrell will be delivering the blessing at the end of the church service in the Royal Chapel of St John's before the annual open-air sitting of the parliament on Tynwald Hill. Mr Cottrell said: "I'll be fascinated to witness it, but very honoured to take a small part in it."He said he had been told about the ceremony on previous visits to the island so was "very much looking forward to being part of those celebrations". "I'm a member of the House of Lords in England myself, so I'm not unfamiliar with ancient parliaments and their traditions," he said."I think what I'm impressed about is it's not a historic pageant, Tynwald Day, it is a living tradition. It's part of who you are on this island today."And I think those living traditions are very important, they demonstrate our continuity with those who went before us."But they're also a way of reasserting in a good way our identity. This is who we are, this is how we do things." The archbishop has been visiting the island as part of his Lord's Prayer tour around the northern parish of the Church of included a service at Cathedral Isle of Man, in Peel, on Sunday Cottrell said the purpose of the tour was "to teach people about the Lord's Prayer, which is not just a prayer, it's a way of thinking about how we live out live"."Some of us say it so often - if we're honest rattle it off - that [we] don't stop to think about what it means," he added. He said he was particularly keen to highlight the line "give us today our daily bread" because it offered a chance for people to reflect on how much they the Lord's Prayer tour is about thinking about the Lord's Prayer, what it means, and how it might change your life, how it might actually change the world."It's easy for me to say it because I somebody who does have more than enough."But, he added, "I know there are many people living here on the Isle of Man and indeed across the world who don't have enough".He said the "answer is for us to learn how to share more equitably". Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
08-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Call for stalls on fair field for Isle of Man's national day
Traders, charities, and caterers have been encouraged to be part of the celebrations to mark the Isle of Man's national have been opened for pitches on the fair field at St John's to coincide with the annual open air sitting of the are 138 free plots available on Tynwald Day, which will this year be celebrated on 7 of people visit St John's throughout the afternoon each year. A government spokesman said the stalls "add to the occasion" by providing entertainment, games and items for which planned to sell a wide variety of items or provide games or entertainment would be given priority over those who only displayed information or handed out leaflets, he said. Stallholders must also supply or use recyclable items including containers, cups, and glasses, in line with "government's aim to reduce single use plastics", he traditionally Tynwald Day falls on 5 July each year, as it falls at the weekend in 2025, the celebrations at St John's are being marked on 7 July applications for the 10ft (3m) by 10ft (3m) plots must be submitted by 30 April for approval by the Department of Infrastructure. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
